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This week in Business Insurance March 2009

March 30, 2009

The March 30th edition of This Week in Business Insurance covers: a host of potential changes to financial services regulation that were discussed on Capitol Hill last week; and a turnaround in the market for catastrophe bonds.

March 23, 2009

This week we discuss: The U.S. House votes to impose a 90% income tax surcharge on bonuses received by AIG executives; negative attention surrounding AIG and its impact on AIU Holdings; Marsh seeks to put limits on its own professional liability.

March 16, 2009

This week we discuss: anger over American International Group's plan to pay executive bonuses despite the huge amount of public money that the insurer has received; fears over a drop in capacity for energy risks in the Gulf of Mexico; and a court ruling in California that could significantly expand insurance coverage for pollution exposures.

March 9, 2009

The March 9th edition of This Week in Business Insurance features stories on: Hartford Financial Services Group's rumored efforts to sell its life insurance business; the sentencing of another former Gen Re executive for his part in a fraudulent finite reinsurance deal with American International Group; and a Supreme Court ruling on federal preemption of state court lawsuits.

March 2, 2009

In the March 2 edition of This Week in Business Insurance: American International Group, Inc. reports a $62 billion fourth quarter loss and requests more federal funding, additionally AIG proposes the idea of spinning off its property/casualty business into a separate holding company; and President Obama reaffirms his pledge on moving ahead with healthcare reform, but details on his plan remain unclear.